land use

A new report from Solar Energy UK has shown that British farmers are successfully diversifying their land use by installing solar PV.

A new research study from the University of Sheffield has revealed that combining solar panels with farming practices can enable the UK to meet its solar energy targets without sacrificing farmland.

The UK government has opened consultation on a land use framework that could make it less likely “high quality farmland” is lost to renewable energy projects.

The economics of developing solar have “decisively switched” according to a panel of experts this week, but development still faces a number of barriers with the most significant being the grid.

The Government should “level the playing field” by expanding the investment allowance to the Electricity Generator Levy.

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Ministers have ruled out expanding land categorisation to include 3B within the Best and Most Versatile (BMV) classification, in a “turning point” for the renewables sector.

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Farmers without solar panels could miss out on up to £1 billion over the next two years, according to new research from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU).

Despite leadership changes, the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is still intending to review land use categories with regards to solar development, it has confirmed.